Excerpt from Diptera, Vol. 3: Pipunculidae, Syrphidae, Conopidae, OEstridae The present volume, although compiled in India, has been to a considerable extentrewritten since my return to London. Access to the British Museum collection has enabled me to include 11 number of additional species, to redescribe many of Walker's species, and to effect some important alterations in synonymy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Diptera, Vol. 3: Pipunculidae, Syrphidae, Conopidae, stridae The present volume, although compiled in India, has been to a considerable extentrewritten since my return to London. Access to the Bl'itish Museum collection has enabled me to include a number of additional species, to redescribe many of Walker's species, and to effect some important alterations in synonymy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."